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Żegocina is a village and sołectwo in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Żegocina.

Key facts

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Żegocina
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Village
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Kościół parafialny p.w. św. Mikołaja Biskupa w Żegocinie 01.JPG
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Saint Nicholas Church
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Country
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Voivodeship
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Lesser Poland
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County
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Bochnia
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Gmina
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Żegocina
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Poland
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bottom
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1670
Settlement.website
www.zegocina.pl

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Żegocina is a village and sołectwo in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Żegocina.

==Origins== The settlement was founded by Wierzbięta in the 12th century. A church was established in 1293 by the knight Zbigniew Żegota, of the clan Topór.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Żegocina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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